BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7106@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230227T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230310T180000 DTSTAMP:20230208T153622Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/liverpool-school-of-art-design-e qualise-nightlife-research-artist-talk/ SUMMARY:John Lennon Art and Design Building: Liverpool School Of Art & Desi gn: Equalise Nightlife: research/artist talk DESCRIPTION:The Equalise Nightlife project is a programme of research\, led by Dr Amanda Marie Atkinson*\, with research support from Beth Meadows. I t explored women and LGBTQ+ people’s experiences of alcohol and nightlif e spaces such as bars and clubs. Taking an intersectional feminist perspec tive\, it investigated how drinking and nightlife are experienced unequall y and are influenced by alcohol brand and nightlife venue marketing. The e xhibition presents a number of art works conceptualised and created by Ama nda such as sculpture\, as well as collaborative photography\, and poetry created by research participants. Art works are underpinned by findings of an analysis of brand and venue marketing\, interviews with women and LGBT Q+ people\, and discussions with marketers and venues. It explores the:\n\ n pleasures and risk involved in drinking and nightlife participation\n\n \n importance of drinking and nightlife to feminine and LGBTQ+ identity m aking\n\n\n targeting of women and LGBTQ+ people by alcohol brands and ve nue\n\n\n inequalities that exist in nightlife and drinking including the normalisation of unwanted (sexual) attention\n\nThis is a public exhibiti on. Booking is not required for viewing the works.\n\nBooking is required for attending the research/artist talk from Dr Amanda Marie Atkinson on T uesday 7th March 5.00pm-7pm. The talk coincides with International Women's Day\, and will provide an overview of the research that underpinned the a rt works\, and explanation of each exhibited piece.\n\nBOOK HERE: https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/equalise-nightlife-researchartist-talk-tickets-511644 842497\n\nThe exhibition runs from Mon 27th Feb-Fri10th March\, 8am-6pm in the John Lennon Art and Design building.\n\nEnquiries to Amanda Atkinson - A.M.Atkinson@ljmu.ac.uk\n\n \;\n\n*Dr Amanda Marie Atkinson is a Rea der in the Sociology of Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University. Her general research interests relate to consumption\, (gender) identity\ , media representations\, gender relations and feminism. She has researche d issues including young people's (gendered) drinking cultures\, (gendered ) substance use\, unwanted sexual attention\, and the role and influence o f media and marketing on identity making and experiences of drinking and n ightlife. She creates art works underpinned by her empirical research to d isseminate research findings to public audiences in accessible ways. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2023/02/Flyer-front.png LOCATION:John Lennon Art and Design Building\, Duckinfield Street\, Liverpo ol\, L3 5RD\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.405426;-2.96999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Duckinfield Street\, Liverp ool\, L3 5RD\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=John Lennon Art and Design Building:geo:53.405426,-2.96999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR